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Birth attendants as perinatal verbal autopsy respondents in low-and middle-income countries: a viable alternative?

Bulletin of the World Health Organization
OBJECTIVE: To assess the feasibility of using birth attendants instead of bereaved mothers as perinatal verbal autopsy respondents. METHODS: Verbal autopsy interviews for early neonatal deaths and stillbirths were conducted separately among mothers ...
C Engmann, A Garces, I Jehan, J Ditekemena, M Phiri, V Thorsten, M Mazariegos, E Chomba, O Pasha, A Tshefu, D Wallace, EM McClure, RL Goldenberg, WA Carlo, LL Wright, C Bose   +15 more
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A community based cross sectional study on feasibility of lay interviewers in ascertaining causes of adult deaths by using verbal autopsy in rural Wardha [PDF]

, 2009
Background & objectives: 1) To study the causes of adult (15 years and above) deaths using verbal autopsy (VA) and its socio-demographic characteristics.
Deshmukh, PR, Dongre, AR, Garg, BS, Singh, A   +3 more
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Clustering with shallow trees

, 2009
We propose a new method for hierarchical clustering based on the optimisation of a cost function over trees of limited depth, and we derive a message--passing method that allows to solve it efficiently.
A Braunstein, A Flaxman, Altschul S F, Bradde S Braunstein A Flaxman A Zecchina R, L Foini, M Bailly-Bechet, R Zecchina, S Bradde   +7 more
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Application of the verbal autopsy during a clinical trial

Social Science & Medicine, 1990
During a community-based treatment trial of onchocerciasis with ivermectin, verbal autopsies were employed as one method to assess the safety of the drug. The verbal autopsy questionnaire was designed to determine causes of death and mortality differentials in the treated population.
S, Pacqué-Margolis, M, Pacqué, Z, Dukuly, J, Boateng, H R, Taylor   +4 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Testing a dose‐response effect of the visuospatial game Tetris on intrusive memories

Journal of Traumatic Stress, EarlyView.
Abstract Tetris has been shown to reduce intrusions following exposure to experimentally induced and actual traumatic events. However, no study has systematically investigated whether multiple sessions of Tetris produce greater reductions in intrusions than a single session.
Marcus Broughill, Sean Commins, Philip Hyland   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Autopsi Verbal pada Kasus Kematian Mendadak di Instalasi Kedokteran Forensik RSUD Dr. Soetomo pada 1 November 2017 - 30 November 2017

Qanun Medika: Jurnal Kedokteran Fakultas Kedokteran Universitas Muhammadiyah Surabaya, 2018
ABSTRAK Kematian mendadak biasanya terjadi pada orang-orang yang merasa sehat dan tidak memiliki keluhan sebelumnya. Sebab kematian pada kasus kematian mendadak perlu dikonfirmasi oleh dokter secara legal pada surat keterangan kematian.
Ambarini Isa Pratiwi
doaj   +1 more source

Direct maternal deaths attributable to HIV in the era of ART: evidence from three population-based HIV cohorts with verbal autopsy.

AIDS (London), 2020
OBJECTIVE To assess whether HIV in associated with an increased risk of mortality from direct maternal complications. DESIGN Population-based cohort study using data from three demographic surveillance sites in Eastern and Southern Africa. METHODS We
C. Calvert, M. Marston, E. Slaymaker, A. Crampin, A. Price, N. Klein, K. Herbst, D. Michael, M. Urassa, S. Clark, C. Ronsmans, G. Reniers   +11 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Neonatal azithromycin administration to prevent infant mortality: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. [PDF]

, 2019
IntroductionBiannual mass azithromycin distribution to children aged 1-59 months has been shown to reduce all-cause mortality. Children under 28 days of age were not treated in studies evaluating mass azithromycin distribution for child mortality due to ...
Bagagnan, Cheik, Bountogo, Mamadou, Brogdon, Jessica, Coulibaly, Boubacar, Doan, Thuy, Godwin, William W, Lebas, Elodie, Lietman, Thomas M, Lin, Ying, NAITRE Study Group, Nebie, Eric, Oldenburg, Catherine E, Ouattara, Mamadou, Porco, Travis, Sie, Ali, Zabre, Pascal   +15 more
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The Patient Engaged Research Center's Sustainable Funding Framework: A Path Towards Sustainable Patient Engagement in Care and Research Within a Health System

Learning Health Systems, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Despite growing acknowledgement that patient engagement (PE) in research, quality improvement, and clinical care is important, models showcasing how learning health systems (LHSs) can sustain long‐term PE across endeavors remain scant.
Paige Coyne, Leah Copeland, Dana Murphy, Ashley Redding, Christine C. Johnson, Karen E. Kippen, Sara Santarossa   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluating the performance of interpreting Verbal Autopsy 3.2 model for establishing pulmonary tuberculosis as a cause of death in Ethiopia: a population-based cross-sectional study

BMC Public Health, 2012
Background In resource- poor settings, verbal autopsy data are often reviewed by physicians in order to assign the probable cause of death. But in addition to being time and energy consuming, the method is liable to produce inconsistent results.
Tadesse Sebsibe, Tadesse Takele
doaj   +1 more source